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Language Division and Language Division and AssessmentAssessment
Office of Institutional ResearchOffice of Institutional ResearchGoucher CollegeGoucher College
410-337-6144410-337-6144gwisan@goucher.edugwisan@goucher.edu
pallabi.roy@goucher.edupallabi.roy@goucher.edu
August 24, 2007August 24, 2007
The National ContextThe National Contextof Assessmentof Assessment
The Federal Commission on the Future The Federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education:of Higher Education:
Urges Accrediting Agencies (e.g., Middle Urges Accrediting Agencies (e.g., Middle
States) to Focus on Evidence of Student States) to Focus on Evidence of Student
LearningLearning
The National ContextThe National Contextof Assessmentof Assessment
The Federal Commission on the Future The Federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education:of Higher Education:
Urges Colleges to Provide Evidence of Urges Colleges to Provide Evidence of
Student LearningStudent Learning
Goucher Re-Accreditation Goucher Re-Accreditation 2008-20092008-2009
Accreditor RequirementAccreditor Requirement
Standard 14 from Middle States’Standard 14 from Middle States’ accreditation standards requires all accreditation standards requires all institutions of higher learning to institutions of higher learning to establish learning goals and assess establish learning goals and assess student achievement against those student achievement against those goalsgoals
The Goucher ContextThe Goucher Contextof Assessmentof Assessment
Goucher Assessment Plan Goucher Assessment Plan Program Assessment CycleProgram Assessment Cycle
Department Assessment Cycle
Division Arts Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary
Fall 2006 - Spring 2008
Department Theatre English- Writing
Program Management Chemistry Frontiers – First-Year
Seminar
Course THE140 ENG103 MGT110 CHE000 FRO100.001
Course THE220 ENG104 MGT245 CHE000 FRO100…. Course THE390 ENG105 MGT380 CHE000 FRO100.029 Course THE391 ENG106 FRO140.001
Fall 2007 - Spring 2009
Department Art Modern Languages Mathematics Sociology Frontiers – First-Year
Seminar
Course ART100 FR/SP/…110* MAT000 SOC000 FRO100.001-
Course ART102 FR/SP/…120* MAT000 SOC000 FRO100.029
Course ART330 FR/SP/…130* MAT000 SOC000 FRO140.001
* FR = French, SP = Spanish, German, Italian, Russian
Assess…Student achievement against those goals or outcomes
Use…Results…To improve teaching and learning The
Assessment Cycle
Provides Continuous Feedback
Implement…
Provide Opportunities forstudents to achievethose goals
Plan…Establish Learning GoalsLearning Outcomes
The Assessment Cycle
Assessment Answers 3 Assessment Answers 3 QuestionsQuestions
1. What do you want your students to 1. What do you want your students to know?know?
2. How well are they learning the 2. How well are they learning the expected outcomes ?expected outcomes ?
3. How can you help them learn more 3. How can you help them learn more effectively?effectively?
• Using the results for improvement of Using the results for improvement of student learningstudent learning
Why Assess Student Learning?Why Assess Student Learning?
To know our students’ weakness and To know our students’ weakness and strengths and use those results to strengths and use those results to improve overall quality of teaching and improve overall quality of teaching and learning within your programlearning within your program
To provideTo provide feedback to students andfeedback to students and facultyfaculty
To provide students with Clear To provide students with Clear Statements about how they can expect Statements about how they can expect to to improve skills and abilitiesimprove skills and abilities
Why Assess Student Learning?Why Assess Student Learning?
To provide evidence of institutional To provide evidence of institutional effectivenesseffectiveness
To demonstrate the effectiveness of To demonstrate the effectiveness of Goucher’s courses/programs to all Goucher’s courses/programs to all stakeholders (internal & external) stakeholders (internal & external)
Goucher’s Liberal Ed GoalsGoucher’s Liberal Ed Goals WritingWriting Foreign LanguageForeign Language Global CitizenGlobal Citizen Historical ContextHistorical Context Reason AbstractlyReason Abstractly Scientific DiscoveryScientific Discovery ResearchResearch Creative ProcessCreative Process ImageryImagery Social StructuresSocial Structures EnvironmentEnvironment
Middle States’ Core CompetenciesMiddle States’ Core Competencies
These Core Competencies are These Core Competencies are embedded in Goucher’s liberal embedded in Goucher’s liberal education learning goalseducation learning goals• Oral and/or written communicationOral and/or written communication• Scientific and quantitative reasoningScientific and quantitative reasoning• Critical Analysis and ReasoningCritical Analysis and Reasoning• Technological CompetencyTechnological Competency• Information LiteracyInformation Literacy
What I Want My Students To Know?
1. Language 2. Understanding of the
Culture
What I Want Students To Be Able To Do?
Communicate in Fr., Sp., Russ., Ger. Ital.
1. Read2. Speak
3. Understand Oral Comm.4. Write
What Abilities I Want Students To Have?
1. Be able to use the language to participate in
diverse experience (different settings at
school, in the community, and globally.
2. Able to analyze the impact of culture.
What Behaviors or Responses I Want Students To Be Able
To Express?
Able to compare and contrast the native perspective and the Culture being studied.
Assessment Brainstorming
Language Division GoalsLanguage Division Goals CommunicationCommunication (reading, writing, (reading, writing, conversation—speaking and conversation—speaking and
understandinging)understandinging)
Culture- gain understanding and Culture- gain understanding and appreciation of the culture (appreciation of the culture (Global Global Citizens)Citizens)
Communities- Use the Language to Communities- Use the Language to participate in communities in and out of participate in communities in and out of school school
Language Division GoalsLanguage Division Goals ConnectionsConnections –use language to –use language to
connect with other disciplines and connect with other disciplines and expand knowledgeexpand knowledge
Comparisons- Use the Language to Comparisons- Use the Language to better understand language and better understand language and culture by comparison to native culture by comparison to native language and culturelanguage and culture
CAPE: What is it?CAPE: What is it? CAPECAPE – Computerized Adaptive – Computerized Adaptive
Placement Exams for Foreign Placement Exams for Foreign LanguageLanguage
Assist in Placement of students in Assist in Placement of students in first 3 semesters of college language first 3 semesters of college language study or to determine that a student study or to determine that a student should place in a higher level courseshould place in a higher level course
CAPE: What is it?CAPE: What is it? CAPECAPE – Computerized Adaptive – Computerized Adaptive
Placement Exams for Foreign Placement Exams for Foreign LanguageLanguage
test scored, given to student, and test scored, given to student, and sent to school immediatelysent to school immediately
Totally administered by CAPE (at BYU)Totally administered by CAPE (at BYU)
CAPE: What is it?CAPE: What is it? CAPECAPE – besides placement can be – besides placement can be
used for assessment used for assessment
Adaptive- adapts to student level like Adaptive- adapts to student level like many computerized testsmany computerized tests
CAPE: What is it?CAPE: What is it? CAPECAPE – besides placement can be – besides placement can be
used for assessment used for assessment
used by many liberal arts used by many liberal arts colleges and universitiescolleges and universities
Skidmore, Bard, Haverford, Skidmore, Bard, Haverford, Dickenson, Lafayette, Washington C.Dickenson, Lafayette, Washington C.
CAPE: Languages?CAPE: Languages? CAPECAPE – Computerized Adaptive – Computerized Adaptive
Placement Exams for Foreign Placement Exams for Foreign LanguageLanguage
Current Available CAPE Languages:Current Available CAPE Languages:
Spanish, French, German, Russian Spanish, French, German, Russian If you get one, you get allIf you get one, you get all
CAPE: Advantages for Faculty?CAPE: Advantages for Faculty?
Saves precious time and energy of Saves precious time and energy of facultyfaculty
Let’s computer do routine placement Let’s computer do routine placement tasktask
Faculty time and energy can be spent on Faculty time and energy can be spent on developing and assessing conversational developing and assessing conversational skills and/or other less routine tasksskills and/or other less routine tasks
Next Steps….Next Steps….
Step 3: Define student learning outcomes [SLOs] that tie with course goals
Step 2: Define goals
Step 4: Identify measures and assessment methods
Step 5: Select assessment methods and targets for each outcome
Step 1: Organize for Assessment
TimetableTimetable
When you will start collecting the When you will start collecting the assessment data?assessment data?
How often you will collect it?How often you will collect it? When will you plan to report on When will you plan to report on
the the Results?Results?
Two-Year Cycle for AssessmentTwo-Year Cycle for Assessment Year 1Year 1
• Write and submit Assessment Project PlanWrite and submit Assessment Project Plan• Design and test rubric or scoring toolDesign and test rubric or scoring tool• Assess students’ work, project, or artifactAssess students’ work, project, or artifact• Analyze results and recommend Analyze results and recommend
improvements to teaching and learningimprovements to teaching and learning
Two-Year Cycle for AssessmentTwo-Year Cycle for Assessment
Year 2Year 2• Implement changes to improve student Implement changes to improve student
learninglearning• ReassessReassess• Write Assessment Project Report and Write Assessment Project Report and
submit for approval to Chief Academic submit for approval to Chief Academic Officer/ProvostOfficer/Provost
Assessment Project PlanAssessment Project Plan
Posted on the IR site:http://www.goucher.edu/x11876.xml
Reporting on the Reporting on the ResultsResults
Now, What Are You Going To Do Now, What Are You Going To Do With All These Good Data?With All These Good Data?• Collaborate with your departmental Collaborate with your departmental
colleagues on the findings colleagues on the findings • Determine how the results be used to Determine how the results be used to
increase students’ learning and success?increase students’ learning and success?• Put assessment results into actionPut assessment results into action• Re-assess to measure the effectiveness of Re-assess to measure the effectiveness of
your course/program modificationsyour course/program modifications
Prepare an Assessment ReportPrepare an Assessment Report
Posted on the IR site:http://www.goucher.edu/x11876.xml
Questions?Questions?
Assessment is a tool to Assessment is a tool to bringbring
about better teaching and about better teaching and learning!learning!
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